The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

Bryan Magee

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

Bryan Magee

Description

This is a revised and enlarged version of Bryan Magee's widely praised study of Schopenhauer, the most comprehensive book on this great philosopher. It contains a brief biography of Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition of his thought, and a critical discussion of the problems to which it gives rise and of its influence on a wide range of thinkers and artists. For this new edition Magee has added three new chapters and made many minor revisions and corrections throughout. This new edition will consolidate the book's standing as the definitive study of Schopenhauer.

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

Bryan Magee

Table of Contents

Part I: Schopenhauer's Life as Background to his WorkThe Ends of ExplanationThe Great TraditionMore Arguments for Transcendental IdealismObjects and SubjectsBodies and WillsThe World as WillThe Flower of ExistenceMetaphysics of the PersonSome Criticisms and ProblemsSchopenhauer as Essayist and AphoristPart II: Schopenhauer and the IdealistsSchopehauer and Later ThinkersSchopenhauer's Influence on WittensteinA Note on Schopenhauer and BuddhismSchopenhauer's Addendum on HomosexualitySchopenhauer and WagnerA Conjecture about Dylan ThomasMisunderstanding SchopenhauerSchopenhauer's Reputation

The Philosophy of Schopenhauer

Revised and Enlarged Edition

Bryan Magee

Author Information

Brian Magee is a noted philosopher, writer, critic, and broadcaster. His publications include Men of Ideas (1982), The Great Philosophers (1988), and (with Martin Milligan) On Blindness (1995). He has held visiting fellowships at Yale and Oxford Universities, among others. He has been Honorary Senior Research Fellow in the History of Ideas at King's College, London since 1984, and he is an Honorary Fellow at Keble College, Oxford.